What type of rubber tree species will be planted and how would it take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
• Perennial tree crops (eg. forest trees) are known to function as natural “sponges” for absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon sequestration is observed through the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and its conversion into cellulose and organic matter. The rubber tree Hevea Braziliensis was first introduced as a crop for plantation agriculture many years ago from the wilderness of the Amazon jungles. Hevea behaves as a typical rain forest tree that would efficiently function in carbon sequestration. The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows a country that emits carbon above agreed-upon limits to purchase carbon offsets from an entity that uses biological means to absorb or reduce greenhouse emissions. The CDM is currently offered for afforestation and reforestation projects, but it is expected that it in the future it will be extended to carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. Markets for soil and plant carbon sequestration are also de
